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Shaun White wins Olympic gold; 100th overall for Team USA

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Shaun White claimed the third Olympic gold medal of his career, but not without quite a bit of drama.

The U.S. snowboarding star trailed Japan’s Ayumu Hirano entering his third and final run, but posted a 97.75 score, giving him gold. (Watch that run here.)

This was his third career gold medal, coming after golds in Torino (2006) and Vancouver (2010), but did not make the podium in 2014 (Sochi).

White’s gold was the fourth for the U.S. in Pyeongchang. The others came from snowboarders Red Gerard, Jamie Anderson and Chloe Kim.